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Picea abies

COMMON NAME: Norway spruce.

FAMILY: Pine Family; Pinaceae

GROWTH HABIT: Tall trees with dropping, pendulous branches.

FOLIAGE: Needles 1/2 - 1 in. long, dark green; four-sided.

FRUIT: Cones. 4 - 7 in. long, pendulous, green when young, ripening to reddish-brown. Cone scales stiff, broadly wedge-shaped.